Jorgen Udvang
Subscriber Member
I can subscribe to all of that, and this is one of the headaches of modern photography; while buying decades old lenses that still work great is no problem, but when it comes to digital camera bodies, that is much harder. To start with, very few bodies, except those weighing a kilogram or more, seem to be built to take abuse over time, and then there's the sensor thing. Even though I can probably live with a sensor that is 10 years or older, I don't only take photos for my own enjoyment, and the question will arise occasionally: Why can't you take photos in the dark like anybody else? Why don't your photos have smell/3D/small bunnies running around in the hair of the beautiful girl that you just captured a photo of?I probably couldn't afford vintage shoe racing. Still, I believe in paying for something that is going to reward you more than the sticker price. I am happy to buy a really great camera that is going to give me years and maybe decades of enjoyment. And one really great camera is better than two OK cameras.
While the MM is undoubtedly state of the art in many respects as of today, except for build quality, it will most probably be overshadowed by some new tool/toy 5 or 10 years into the future. That, of course, will not make it a lesser toy than it is today, but expectations rise.